The purpose of this website

The purpose of this website is to
help all those who are interested, which in the main will probably be
Seventh-day Adventists, to understand the issues involved in the present
trinity debate within their denomination. The views on this website are those
of its author. Other Seventh-day Adventists will undoubtedly view the debate
very differently. This is the prerogative of each individual.

Included on this website are
various presentations. The main (and largest) ones are “A study of the Godhead
– as it pertains to Seventh-day Adventism, also “A Research Paper on the
History of the Trinity Doctrine within the Early Christian Church and within
Seventh-day Adventism”, also “The Begotten Series”.

This website reveals the
author’s personal understanding of both the history and the theology of the
trinity doctrine. It also details the history of how, during the 4th
century, this teaching was first introduced into Christianity and how, after
being rejected all the time of Ellen White’s ministry, the Seventh-day
Adventist Church eventually accepted a modified version of it. This is as
opposed to the orthodox trinity doctrine.

Those who have been involved with
this trinity debate will undoubtedly realise that regarding the three
personalities of the Godhead, the present day Seventh-day Adventist Church now
rejects as error what was once taught by the vast majority (if not all) of
early Seventh-day Adventists. The detailed history set out on this website
reveals both how and when this change transpired, also what was involved in the
changeover. The reader will see that it has been a dramatic change.

In this trinity debate, one of
the major issues is whether Christ, in His pre-existence, is begotten of the
Father. This is why by means of the “The Begotten Series”, the author of this
website attempts to explain the various issues involved in the begotten
concept. As most Seventh-day Adventists will more than likely realise, the
Seventh-day Adventist Church today denies that Christ, in His pre-existence, is
begotten (brought forth) of the father therefore they deny that He is truly the
Son of God. They say instead that for the sake of the redemption of mankind, He
just role-played (pretended to be) a Son. In the ‘Detailed History Series’,
also in the ‘Begotten Series’, this is dealt with in detail.

This website is named ‘The
Prophet Still Speaks’. The author has named it such because he believes that by
God, one of the main founders of Seventh-day Adventism, namely Ellen G. White,
was given the gift known in Christianity as the ‘spirit of prophecy’.

Although never referring to
herself as a prophet, Ellen White did term herself a messenger from God. She
claimed that through dreams and visions etc, God spoke to her.

The latter is not just the
personal belief of this writer. It is the Seventh-day Adventist denominational
belief. This is one of the reasons why the author uses her writings
extensively. It is also why he names his website ‘The Prophet Still Speaks’ -
meaning that he has named it as such because he believes that Ellen White was
given the gift of prophecy.

As this messenger of God once
said

"Abundant light has been given to our people in these
last days. Whether or not my life is spared, my writings will constantly speak, and their work will go forward as
long as time shall last. My writings are kept on file in the office,
and even though I should not live, these
words that have been given to me by the lord will still have life and will
speak to the people. But my strength is yet spared, and I hope to
continue to do much useful work. I may live until the coming of the lord; but
if I should not, I trust it may be said of me, "blessed are the dead which
die in the lord from henceforth: yea, saith the spirit, that they may rest from
their labors; and their works do follow them.” (Ellen G. White, Letter October 23 1907, also as quoted in General
Conference Bulletin, 1st June 1913)

Please take note that the
author’s writings are ongoing. This means that as and when necessary they will
be updated. He will also be very glad to hear from you regarding what he has
written, therefore please email him with any comments you wish to make or
questions that you may wish to ask. He freely admits that he does not have all
the answers regarding this debate but where possible he is willing to help.
Your questions and comments may also serve to enhance this study.

There is one important final
matter before I finish this brief introduction. This is that on this website
many quotations are used from many different authors, all of which are credited
in detail. If anyone believes that in quoting something I have infringed
copyright, I would ask them to please let me know as soon as possible. I will
then deal with it immediately.

If in any way I have infringed
copyright, I offer my apologies. It was not my intention to do so. I have
worked on the premise of ‘fair use’.I
believe that the very small usage from articles and books etc still in
copyright, is minimal.